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Lancelot Hogben Dead; Popularizer of Science

Lancelot Hogben, a British scholar who became a bestselling author by applying the light touch of a popular novelist to books on science, mathematics and otherwise weighty subjects, died yesterday in Wrexham, Wales. He was 79 years old.

August 23, 1975

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